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Re: Airfield Lighting

Originally Posted by P Bellamy

It had Drem MkII, so would have had the standard outer circle for that installation.

Some Drem Mk.IIs didn't have an outer circle, however they tended to be Coastal Command etc, where they wouldn't have a large number of returning aircraft. The entry in SD 161 usually states: 'Mk.II - no outer circle.'

Re: Airfield Lighting

Originally Posted by canberra

Like Kebecker I also suspect that these lights may be raised for snow clearance, not every airfield clears snow like we do in the UK. As for putting the lights on to assist the snow clearance, do you know Ive never seen any station do that!

It was common practise on all the airfields I have served on as an Assistant and as a Controller, that taxiway and runway omni's and uni's were switched on during snow clearance.

As for the other question re high and low intensity lights, again back in my day, airfield approach lights had a high intensity lights, which you could adjust from 1 to 10 and also had a low intensity red T - non adjustable.

Re: Airfield Lighting

It was common practise on all the airfields I have served on as an Assistant and as a Controller, that taxiway and runway omni's and uni's were switched on during snow clearance.

As for the other question re high and low intensity lights, again back in my day, airfield approach lights had a high intensity lights, which you could adjust from 1 to 10 and also had a low intensity red T - non adjustable.

RAF Northolt still has its red T bar on the approach, to my knowledge the only RAF station that does these days.

These days the brilliance adjustment is 1 to 5 on the desk and it's still practice to switch on taxiway, runway, threshold and end bar lights to help with snow clearance.